Ironing board cover



Oct. 11, 1932. SUNDBY 1,881,977

IRONING BOARD COVER Filed Sept. 10, 1951 IN vavrm. WELL/5 Memo/v fiu/voax Unitas STA Patented Oct. 11, 1932 TE-S" NELLIE NELSON SUNDBY, or MiNNE roLrs, MIN NESOTA IRONI'NG BOARD COVER Application filed. September 10, 1031. Serial No. 562,059.

This invention relates to ironing board covers.

It is the general object of this invention to provide a novel and improved cover for ironing boards, which is of cheap and simple construction and which canbe quickly. and readily applied to and removed from ironing boards of different shapes and sizes and which, on any ironing board to which it is applied, will present a smooth unruffled surface upon which clothes can be ironed.

To these ends, generally stated, the invention consists in the novel parts and novel combinations of parts hereinafter defined in the claims, and described in the following specification, made in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters refer to the same or similar parts throughout the various views, and, in which,

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the cover applied to anironing board; 7

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the board and cover shown in Fig. 1, the legs of the ironing board not being illustrated; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, there is illustrated an ironing board 4 of any suitable standard construction, covered by a layer of padding 5 and having, on its lower surface adjacent its rear end, a cleat 6 to which the rear legs of the board may be connected and having, on its lower surface adjacent its front end, a notched cleat 7 to which the forward legs of the board may be releasably connected. The board tapers from adjacent its longitudinal medial portion toward its forward end, in accordance with the usual custom.

For use with the ironing board described, as well as for use in connection with other boards of different sizes and shapes, I have,

' in. accordance with the present invention,

provided an ironing board cover designated as an entirety by the letter A, and composed chiefly of knit material, similar preferably to the type of knit material used in making. underwear. This knit material is capable of being stretched but slightly longitudinally of the ribs or lines of knitting, while it is capable of being resiliently stretched considerably crosswise of theribs or lines of knitting. The cover is composed chiefly of a rectangular piece of this knit material having a considerably greater length than width and having the ribs or lines ofknitting running longitudinally of the pieceL The forward portions of the edges of the piece of knit" material are inturned and sewed together by a line of stitching 8 and the forwardends of 7 the wings formed by inturningthe forward portions of the edges are secured to the remainlng portion of the forward end of the piece by. lines of stitching 9. A small V- shaped section of knit material 10 is secured by lines of stitchingll to span the portions I of the edges of the piece immediatelyrearwardly from the line of stitching 8. It will thus be seen that a pocket is formed by the cover A at its forward end. The free edges of the cover A are secured bybinding, stitching or the like 12 to prevent these edges from raveling. Secured to one edge, of the cover A at its rear corner and secured at spaced points longitudinally of said edge forwardly of said corner are looped straps 13, each of which carries two rings 14, one below the other. Secured to the rear corner of the other edge of the cover and'tospacedpoints longitudinally along said edge and opposite the straps 13, are straps 15.

In applying the cover A to an ironing board, such, for example, asthe board't, the cover will be applied first over the forward end of the board so that the forward end of '85 the board will be drawn into the pocket of the cover. The free portions of the edges of the cover will then be swung downwardly over the sides of the board and the various ,straps 15 will be engaged with ringslt car .90

ried by looped straps 13 opposite the respective straps 15. To engage one of the straps 15 with the two rings 14: opposite the same, the free end of the strap 15 will first be carried downwardly through both rings 14 and the free end will then be'drawn over the lowermost ring and then upwardly and through the innermost ring. As the free end of the strap 15 is pulled after this has been done, the two edges of the cover at the points Where the cooperating straps 15 and 13 are attached, will be drawn together to tightlystretchthe portion of the cover A over the board rearwardly from the pocket portion ofthe cover. The rings will act to lock the straps 15 in whatever position they have been ironing board with the ribs or lines of lmit-.

of said material rearwardly of said pocket for cooperative engagement with said straps whereby by reason of the resiliency of the knit material crosswise of the ribs, thecover is bound to lie smoothly on the board.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NELLIE NELSON SUNDBY.

pulled, so that the straps will not become dis- 1 V v engaged from the rings. The straps 15 and 13 at the rear corners of the cover ,will be 10- V cated rearwardly from the cleats 6. When these straps 15have been all tightly secured,

the cover A will be tightly stretched under the resilient tension of the knit material over the ironing board so that the upper portion of the cover will form a perfectly smooth and 'unruflled surface uponwhich clothes may be, ironed. As the cloth forming the cover A has considerable resiliency crosswise of the ribs or linesof knitting, it will be seen that the cover shaped as described may be fitted to practically any size and shape'of ironing board and yet the upper portion of the cover will lie perfectly smooth on the ironing board.

7 To remove the cover, it is only necessary to disengage the straps 15 fromthe rings 14 by swinging the lowermost rings downwardly and drawing the free ends of the straps '15 through the rings, whereupon the cover may be readily withdrawn off the'forward end of the board.

The ironing board cover of the invention can be made quite cheaply and can be put on the market in one sizeandshape to fit practically all types of ironing boards. v

Various changes may be made in the shape and size of the cover and in the type of securing means for the straps without departure from the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. An ironing board cover comprising a piece of knit material adapted to'be placed over an ironing board with the ribs or lines of knitting of said piece extending generally longitudinally of the board and securing means at spaced points longitudinally of the edges'of said piece for stretching said piece tightly over the'top of the board and for securingthe edges'of the piece together heneath the board whereby by reason of the resiliency of the knit material crosswise of the knitmaterial adaptedtobe placed over an 

